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[GigaBowser]

I vote for a 2015 game Buggy Loop told me the idea for this thread

Batman Arkham Knight looks like Samaritan Demo never equaled won the graphics war

Arkham Knight'S graphics had no right to look this good in 2015, what the hell. I played it last year and was blown away

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Not the one you just posted

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

 

[GigaBowser]

Not the one you just posted

 

[Mitsurugi Reiji]

 

[bitbydeath]

 

[zeldaring]

Red dead 2 and it's not even close

 

[amigastar]

Batman Arkham Knight looks good especially for an U3 Engine game.
But RDR2 takes the crown. I'm currently playing RDR2 and i'm in awe with the graphics.

 

[killatopak]

Non realistic games full stop. Art styles that will never age.

 

[zeldaring]

Non realistic games full stop. Art styles that will never age.

Yea because the real world is not beautiful.

 

[bitbydeath]

Red dead 2 and it's not even close

Days Gone looks better.

 

[cormack12]

Red dead 2 and it's not even close

Lock it up

 

[kazuyamishima]

RDR2 or TLOU part 2 on consoles.

The last Ratchet and HFW too

 

[killatopak]

Yea because the real world is not beautiful.

The real world is beautiful. Extremely so. I love it. However in terms of gaming, it’s an art style and a goal that we will never perfect. It’s a goal we strive for but will never reach. There’s beauty in that.

 

[Moses85]

Days Gone looks better.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Cyberpunk 2077 and Horizon Forbidden West are the kings atm. Nothing surpasses them from a technical point of view, as well as visual.

 

[CrustyBritches]

I have a thing for 16-bit graphics. Something eternally "gamey" about them. If you're talking best technical graphics then something like FS2020, Cyberpunk, or R&C: Rift Apart would be near the top for me.

 

[funkygunther]

Callisto Protocol is a stunnah

 

[ByWatterson]

It's still Horizon Forbidden West and will be for some time to come.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[NikuNashi]

Windwaker

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Yeah its still RDR2. The visual fidelity and attention to detail is second to none. I doubt we will even see anything this gen that matches it.

 

[March Climber]

 

[Shifty1897]

Certainly not the best game on this thread, but definitely a contender for best looking in parts:

 

[Erkuza]

RDR2 on PC.

 

[yamaci17]

cyberpunk at 4k/4k dlss + path tracing

 

[Rien]

Playing the Demon’s Souls remake and it’s up there. Very good looking game

 

[mrmustard]

RDR2/Cyberpunk/FS2020

 

[Boy bawang]

I think RDR2 remains the most impressive, but I haven't played cyberpunk yet.
It's telling about diminishing returns that RDR2 on PS4 is prettier than some AAA current generation games.

 

[midnightAI]

Starfield

.... nah, only kidding, Horizon: Forbidden West for me, although, shout out to The Order for still looking stunning. TLOU 2 has to be up there also.

And why do people say 'and it's not even close' when it is close, no matter which of the top looking games you pick?

 

[Lumpyoatmeal]

I vote for a 2015 game Buggy Loop told me the idea for this thread

Batman Arkham Knight looks like Samaritan Demo never equaled won the graphics war

As a concept artist using my optics and experience I think I'm a have to agree with you on Arkham Knight. Usually in videogames it's either the tech is incredibly good but the visual style suffers or vice versa (excellent visual style but the tech suffers); However, Arkham Knight is a rare case where it excels ridiculously well on both spectrum's of tech and visual style. The people that worked on this game is in a totally different class of skill, it's not normal.

Not even Epic Games would of pulled off Arkham Knight in my opinion.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Certainly not the best game on this thread, but definitely a contender for best looking in parts:

Thought that the FF7 Remake looked better honestly. It’s also my answer for this thread…

FFVII Remake

 

[GigaBowser]

As a concept artist using my optics and experience I think I'm a have to agree with you on Arkham Knight. Usually in videogames it's either the tech is incredibly good but the visual style suffers or vice versa (excellent visual style but the tech suffers); However, Arkham Knight is a rare case where it excels ridiculously well on both spectrum's of tech and visual style. The people that worked on this game is in a totally different class of skill, it's not normal.

Not even Epic Games would of pulled off Arkham Knight in my opinion.

Listen to this man this an indurstry professional you have won the thread my friends

 

[JokerMM]

It's Cyberpunk 2077 with Ray tracing

 

[mansoor1980]

RDR2

 

[RoadHazard]

As a concept artist using my optics and experience I think I'm a have to agree with you on Arkham Knight. Usually in videogames it's either the tech is incredibly good but the visual style suffers or vice versa (excellent visual style but the tech suffers); However, Arkham Knight is a rare case where it excels ridiculously well on both spectrum's of tech and visual style. The people that worked on this game is in a totally different class of skill, it's not normal.

Not even Epic Games would of pulled off Arkham Knight in my opinion.

And then they go and make Suicide Squad as their next game... where all of that is completely absent. Very weird and sad.

 

[Hudo]

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.

 

[brenobnfm]

I don't think this is a hard question right now, i didn't even like it that much but visually RDR 2 is head and shoulders above everything else.

 

[acm2000]

cyberpunk 2077 running full path tracing on maxed out settings and its not even close, of course no one can play it like that yet tho.

 

[BootsLoader]

 

[MasterDerico]

Ghost of Tsushima on PS5 in one of the most beautiful games ever imo.

 

[rofif]

Yeah its still RDR2. The visual fidelity and attention to detail is second to none. I doubt we will even see anything this gen that matches it.

Lol absolutely not. Tlou2 looks better

 

[cireza]

Something 2D in 240p and 60fps by default, as far as I am concerned. Without zooming or rotation (or very limited), only clean native pixels.

For example Elevator Action Returns is gorgeous on CRT.

 

[AV]

RDR2 / TLOU2 for realistic, far as I remember.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is what I want more games to look like.

 

[calistan]

Style > Tech. Also, it has the best music ever.

 

[In Cold Blood]

Red Dead Redemption 2. Still nothing to this day have surpassed it.

 

[sigmaZ]

Certainly not the best game on this thread, but definitely a contender for best looking in parts:

Not with those fresh out of a character generator face models and elongated building textures. But the sparkles are pretty on my OLED.

 

[In Cold Blood]

Lol absolutely not. Tlou2 looks better

No chance. RDR2 by quite a long way, and the fact it's an open world game just enhances that as well.

 

[sigmaZ]

Thought that the FF7 Remake looked better honestly. It’s also my answer for this thread…

FFVII Remake

The ambient lighting in FF7 Remake is the best I've ever scene and I'm surprised it rarely gets talk about. They consulted an actual real interior lighting specialist to help out with setting it up. There were times in the game in a building where I would just stare at lights astonished at how realistic they seemed.

Final Fantasy VII Remake: Lighting Designer Hiroyasu Shoji Analyses Shinra Headquarters, Figures Out The Whole Game

World-renowned lighting designer Hiroyasu Shoji explained the good and the bad of the Shinra HQ interior design in Final Fantasy VII Remake.

www.dualshockers.com

 

[RoboFu]

Luigi’s mansion 3